Main Station Building Including Booking Hall At Terminus Station

The main station building, including the booking hall at Terminus Station, was built between 1839 and 1840 and designed by architect Sir William Tite. This was Southampton's original station and is one of the earliest surviving examples of railway architecture in England. The building is in the Italinate style and has three storeys with a stuccoed exterior. The ground floor features rusticated stonework that projects outward, supported by five round-headed arches; the outer arches have been filled in, while the remaining arches create a portico. Above this, there is a balustraded parapet with a clock at the center. The upper part of the facade is flanked by pilasters with quoins. The first-floor windows are framed with moulded architraves and topped with pediments. A heavy cornice with modillions runs along the eaves. There is a later addition to the ground floor on the north side and a contemporary one-storey, one-bay addition on the south side. This station served as a prototype for the design of local London and South-Western region railway stations up until the 1860s.